RNC – Day 1, Part 2

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WSJ This Morning Staff

Aug 28, 2012 9:49 am ET

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Before Rep. Paul Ryan had a chance to sell his budget ideas to the American people, the Wisconsin Republican first had to persuade his own party. The initial version of his “Roadmap for America’s Future,” in summer 2008, was treated as an afterthought by party leaders, and some were openly hostile. Fearful of political backlash, just eight Republicans signed up for his conservative wish list: rewrite the tax code, scrap employer-based health care, rework Medicare and Social Security. WSJ’s Patrick O’Connor explains.